My first ever holiday abroad was in 1998 when I visited Greece on a school excursion. I remember I thought Metropolitan Athens was pretty gray, with few landmarks and too many monotone buildings from … Read More
We wrapped up our 4 month journey to China, South Korea and Japan in Tokyo. Lucky us, we exchanged our home in Barcelona with a charming Japanese – British couple for 3 weeks. Our … Read More
Kyoto was a bit of a disappointment. I didn’t expect much from Osaka, and it turned out to be cool. But I thought Kyoto would Wow me. After all, it was a royal capital … Read More
Our trip to South Korea was a bit unexpected. Our travels tend to be thematic and this year the theme was China and Japan. It turned out that the best way to go from … Read More
Shanghai proved to be the best place to end our fabulous 2 month trip around China. We spent a week there and I can assure that Shanghai is probably the coolest city I’ve ever … Read More
City of Contrasts As much as I like to day dream about my future destinations I wasn’t prepared for Beijing. Unlike Shanghai, which feels very international, Beijing seems to me more Chinese. The city … Read More
From Yunnan we took a plane to Taoyuan, and then a half an hour fast train to the outstanding “Pingyao Ancient City”. The train station is in the new part of town, which is not … Read More
Our gateway to China So finally, the much anticipated moment arrived: there we were in Xi’an’s airport after a long flight. E gets easily out of the migration booth and I get stuck there … Read More
If you are traveling around Western Europe you must consider visiting Brussels, the Belgian capital. Located halfway between Amsterdam and Paris, in the valley of the Senne river, Brussels is somehow under the shadow … Read More
Three things distinguish Ukraine’s capital Kiev, from other major European cities: its superb location on the Mighty Dnieper River, its large scale communist heritage from soviet times and the outstanding churches and monasteries with … Read More
